Jordan Eizenga
Policy Analyst
Jordan Eizenga is a Policy Analyst with the Economic Policy team at American Progress. His current work focuses on housing policy, community and economic development, and municipal and infrastructure finance. Prior to joining the Center, Jordan was a Hamilton Fellow in the Department of the Treasury where he worked with community development financial institutions to expand credit and equity investments in distressed and underserved domestic markets. He has also worked in the financial and nonprofit sectors in Canada, Chile, and Bolivia, and is the author of the thebroadermarket.com, a blog that discusses economic policy issues from a progressive perspective.
Jordan earned a graduate degree in public administration from Cornell University. He divides his time between Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Email: jeizenga /@\ americanprogress.org
Articles by Jordan Eizenga
- The Importance of a Homeowner Bill of Rights , February 17, 2012
- Manufacturing Bonds, February 16, 2012
- The Ramp Begins for 'Rehab-to-Rent', February 2, 2012
- Getting to the Bottom of the Housing Crisis, January 31, 2012
- Rehab-to-Rent Can Help Hard-Hit Communities and Our Economy, January 24, 2012
- A Small Change to the Saver’s Credit Can Go a Long Way, January 10, 2012
- Big Ideas for Small Business: The CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, December 22, 2011
- Consumers Matter in Mortgage-Servicing Compensation Decision, December 20, 2011
- Housing Refinancing Reforms Still Needed, November 22, 2011
- Why Treasury Should Extend the New Issue Bond Program, November 8, 2011
- Refinancing At-Risk Homeowners, October 24, 2011
- Getting the Ball Rolling on the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, October 12, 2011
- Renting Our Way Out of the Foreclosure Glut, September 20, 2011
- The National Payroll Contest: A Proposal to Create Jobs, August 18, 2011
- Renting Our Way Past the Home Foreclosure Crisis, August 11, 2011
- Putting People Back to Work Through Rehabbing and Renting Foreclosures, August 4, 2011
- Increasing the Impact of Federal and State Funds for Water Infrastructure, August 2, 2011
- Let It Flow, August 2, 2011
- El No Aumentar el Límite de la Deuda Perjudicaría a los Pobres y Personas de Color, July 27, 2011
- Failing to Raise the Debt Limit Would Harm the Poor and People of Color, July 26, 2011
- Interactive Map: No Debt Limit Increase Means Big Cuts to State Services, July 20, 2011
- Creating Demand and Jobs by Reducing Student Debt Burdens, June 29, 2011
- Global Spending Caps Are a Very Unserious Idea, June 15, 2011
- Ten Charts that Prove the United States Is a Low-Tax Country, June 10, 2011
- The JOBS Act Is Not About Jobs, May 18, 2011
- Interactive Map: Many States Paring Back Unemployment Benefits, May 6, 2011
- El Límite de la Deuda, May 4, 2011
- Una Guía al Límite de la Deuda de EE.UU, May 3, 2011
- Reconstructing the Muni Market, Starting at Ground Zero, May 2, 2011
- Bring Back BABs, April 29, 2011
- The Benefits of Build America Bonds, April 29, 2011
- U.S. Debt Limit 101, April 28, 2011
- Tax Expenditure of the Week: Tax-Free “Inside Buildup” of Life Insurance, March 30, 2011
- Interactive Quiz: Think You Know Our Nation’s Budget Problems?, March 28, 2011
- Tax Expenditure of the Week: Tax-Exempt Bonds, March 2, 2011
- Reorganizing Government to Promote Competitiveness, March 1, 2011
- Build America Bonds Can Rebuild Muni Market, February 16, 2011
- Toward a Strong Unemployment Insurance System, February 8, 2011
- Another Tax Cut for the Top 2 Percent?, December 7, 2010
- The Economic Case for Unemployment Insurance and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, November 23, 2010
- Myth vs. Fact: The Build America Bond, November 19, 2010
- Unemployment Insurance Benefits Don’t Prevent Job Searching, November 15, 2010
- Re-evaluating GO Zone Bonds, October 19, 2010
- Why We Need a Permanent Build America Bonds Program, October 19, 2010
- Extending Unemployment Insurance Benefits 101, September 21, 2010
- Policy Lessons from Canada’s Deficit Slashing Days Are Limited, September 14, 2010
